Worm Drive - Rotating and Rolling Worm Loci

03 November 2019, 19:36
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The worm rotates around its axle and rolls on the wheel simultaneously. A worm’s point (in the plane that is perpendicular to worm’s axle and contains the wheel axle) traces a torus helix (green). A point that is not in the said plane traces skew torus helix (orange)